Automatic advertising device.



J. K. HOSAKA. AUTOMATIC ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19, 190B.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

w w "w Q MV h mml mw m a INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITN ESS E5 isa JAMES K. HOSAKA, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

-AU'IO 1IATIC ADVERTISING DEV ICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented. Aug. 10, 1909.

Application filed August 19, 1908. Serial No. 449,256.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES K. HOSAKA, citizen of Japan, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and. State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Automatic Advertising Devices, of which the following is a specificat1on.

My invention relates to an advertising device, and pertains especially to an automatic advertisement displaying device for use in street-cars and the like.

Its object is to providev a simple, cheap, practical device for displaying advertisements, which can be simply operated, and

which will be novel in its.operat1on, and in-- teresting to the occupants of the car or other vehicle or place in 'which the apparatus is operated. i

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having-reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a portion of a car, showing the application of my device. Fig, 2 is a transverse section of my device. 'Fig. 3 1s a side elevation, part of which is broken away. v Fig. 4 is an edge view showing the wind motor and itsconnections.

A represents a car to which the invention 'pphed. The invention comprises an endless elt' 2 ru lengthwise of the car and preferably along t e incline of the roof there of, or between the roof and sides, and if desired, one ofthe'se belts may be on each side of the car. The belts are referably of fab ric reinforced along their e ges with leather,

if desired, as shown at 3, with the reinforced edge perforated at intervals, as at 4, whereby these perforationsfit the teeth -of suitable s rockets 5 arranged on inclined shafts 6.

hese shafts are suitably journaled and any appropriate means are em loyed to revolve one or both of them, where y motion maybe imparted to the belt A. v

A simple and economical means of operating the belt is by a wind motor or whee 7- arranged outside of the car and having its shaft provided with a bevel gear 8 on its inner end meshin a corresponding gear 9 on one or other 0 the shafts '6. If desired, a wind motor. may be connected with each of the sprocket shafts 6.

The advertisements or other display placards are suitabl secured on the surface of the belt, prefera ly by the following'means: The inside surface of the belt is provided with the cross-bars 10 which extend above and below the belt, and carry at theirends the laterally supported rollers 1 1 running in suit-, able upper and lower guide channels 12-13. These cross-bars 10 are secured to the belt by any suitable means,and are disposed at a distance apart corresponding to the width of an advertisement. The front' side of the belt, or that. which is presented to view, removably carries the clamri) bars or slats 14 correspondin to the rear ars 10, and it is between the ars 10 and the front slats 14 that the advertisement is clamped; the bars 14 bein held to the belt and to the backing bar 10 by suitable means, as the screws 15. If desired, theclamp bar 14 may have projections 16 to pierce the advertisement and. hold the same in place. Whenever the car moves suflicient to operate the wind motor 7, the. belt is made to move, and each advertisement is brought successively into view of every passenger in the car, and entertainment thereby provided for the passengers.

'It is manifest that any form of power may be-employed to operate the belt or belts.

' The perforated flexible border 3 of the belt is preferred, to give lightness thereto, and the placards or sheets on which the advertisements are displayed are referably of light, flexible, tough inaterial wliich will not tear readily but which will easily pass around the sprockets at the ends of the belt.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The combination with a car, of an endless belt running lengthwise of the car and along the inclined side of the roof thereof, said belt and means carried by the belt for holding advertising cards, said means including crossbars arranged at suitable intervals and extendin above and belcw the belt, guide roll- I In testimony 'whereof I have hereunto set ers at he ends of said cross bars, channels my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- H? above and belo'whthe bielt, izaid gfiiide rollefi's ness'es; runnin in said-"c anne s, c am ars on t e 5 exposed surface of the belt, said clamp bars JAMS HOSAKA' having frojections to enetrate the belt, and Witnesses: means or securing t e clamp bars to the S. Z. GOTO, cross-bars M. N. KABAYASLK. 

